Greed
WordNet
noun
(1) Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
(2) Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
- His greed was his undoing.
- What drove them was their ambition, their greed for power.
Synonyms
avarice, covetousness, greediness, rapacity- See also Wikisaurus:greed